Impact itching to play Toronto FC before huge crowd in MLS playoff showdown
MONTREAL — Ticket sales for the MLS Eastern Conference final are creeping toward the 60,000 mark and the Montreal Impact are starting to get excited.
The opening match of the two-game, total-goals series on Nov. 22 in the domed Olympic Stadium has become a hot ticket as the Impact prepare to face rival Toronto FC in a series that will determine which of the Canadian franchises reaches the MLS Cup final for the first time. The return leg is Nov. 30 in Toronto.
“Everybody’s ecstatic on my team,” Impact coach Mauro Biello said Tuesday. “It means a lot to them to have 60,000 fans come out.
“It’s going to be big. They know what it represents. They know we’re playing Toronto. That’s going to lead into my message this week — making people understand that there are certain moments in a career that don’t always come around and that this is special.”